Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1937, Page 21

CHURCHES URGED 10 AID MISSIONS Rev. R. H. Miller Cites Need in Rescuing “Down-and- Outers.” Need for c_]mr co-operation between the church and missions in reaching out to help “down-and-outers” was stressed last night by Rev. Raphael Miller, pastor of National City Church, at the 53d anniversary banquet of the Central Union Mission at the May- flower Hotel. Dr. Miller pointed out that it rests almost entirely with organizations like the mission to rescue “forgotten men.” “I should like to see the churches of ‘Washington establish a closer liaison with the mission in this work,” he gaid. “The mission can't do it all” He added that it is men like the late John 8. Bennett, for 22 years superintendent of the mission, who take it on themselves to bolster the lives of those who most need it. Banquet Honors Bennett. The main purpose of the banquet ‘was to honor the memory of Mr. Ben- nett, whose widow, Mrs. Ada Jean Bennett, carries on his work as su- perintendent. Dr. Miller, chief speaker at the dinner, praised Mr. Bennett highly. During the dinner, at which 400 were present, tribute to Mr. Bennett was keynoted. E. H. De Groot, president of the mission’s Board of Directors, served as master of ceremonies and Homer Rodeheaver acted as song leader. The regular Saturday night broad- cast of the mission, led by Mrs. Ben- nett, was carried on, ending with the mission's theme song, “Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" Mrs. Benneit Gives Report. Mrs, Bennett gave & brief annual report on the mission's work. Dure ing the year' 56,851 men attended services in the mission chapel and 37414 free beds and 124514 free « meals were given destitute men. In the Children's Home, 40 beds were | filled during the Winter and during July and August 88 children were sent to Camp Bennett at Brooke- ville, Md. A total of 648 were bene- fited by the home and camp and 42,- 722 meals were served the youngsters, she said. Among other speakers to pay trib- ute to the memory of Mr. Bennett | were Rev, Gove G. Johnson, pastor of National Baptist Memorial Church; | Rev. Oscar F. Backwelder, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church; Rev. Freely Rohrer, president of the mission's Ministerial Council, and Mr, De Groot. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY NAMES PACIFIST HEAD| Election of Sheppard Viewed Condemnation of Gov- ernment’'s Defense Policy. By the Associated Press GLASGOW, October 23.— Canon | Hugh Richard (Dick) Sheppard to- night was elected lord rector of Glasgow University, defeating three other candidates, including Winston Churchill. Election of Canon Sheppard, a paci- fist who has criticized other church- «men’s views on armaments and war, was interpreted as a condemnation of | the government's defense policy. He polled 538 votes, running in the hotly contested campaign as the Peace Pledge Union candidate. Prof. W. MacNeile Dixon, Scottish Nationalist, received 364 votes, the Conservative Churchill 281 and Prof. J. B. S. Hal- dane, United Front candidate, 220. | Canon Sheppard was formerly rec- | tor of St. Martin's-in-the-Field, Lon- don. He succeeds Sir Iain Colquhoun | for a three-year term in the Glasgow post, LEE-JACKSON SCHOOL | AWARDS BEAUTY TITLE| Nancey Alward of Baileys Cross Roads Wins Over 33 Contestants. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMERON VALLEY, Va., October 23.—Nancey Alward of Baileys Cross Roads, a junior at Lee-Jackson High School, was awarded the title of Miss Lee-Jackson for 1937-8 at a beauty contest sponsored by the Dramatics Club of the school. Over 35 girls competed for the honor, with Mrs, Vernie B. Knight and Mrs. Mary Treaux as faculty SpONSOrS, Miss Alward was presented with a bracelet which is to be engraved with | Canon | Rev. Raphael Harwood Mill FARM PAY STUDY SHOWS VARIATIONS 11 Sample Counties Used in Cross-Section Investi- gation by U. S. By the Associated Press. Wide variations in pay were shown yesterday by a Government ‘“cross- | section study” of the 2,500,000 per- | sons employed as farm laborers—the cotton pickers, corn huskers, sheep herders, cowboys and thousands of other agricultural workers. The survey was made by economists |at the Agriculture Department with | relief funds. Investigators went into| the heart of the corn and wheat belts; the cotton, tobacco, dairy and | fruit regions, and to areas where | farm workers are employed the year | ‘round or for a few days. ! ! Average annual earnings varied | widely in each of the 11 “sample coun- | ties” selected for the study and amonz' | the regions. At the bottom were fe- male Negro cotton pickers in Louisi- ana earning an average of $62 a sea- | son. The best paid farm workers were Orientals in Placer County, | Calif, with an annual average of | $748. Did Little “Joining.” Tom Vasey and Josiah C. Folsom, who are analyzing the complex data for the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics, found the farm workers took | little part in organized activities of their communities. They belonged to few formal organizations, unions/ or farmer groups. The workers went to town several times a month to shop, attend church or go to the movies. More Northern farm workers saw movies and fewer went to church than in the South. The survey showed more of the| Northern workers were younger men; they also have more schooling than in | other areas, and more of them hoped | to own or operate a farm. .The farm workers included whites, Negroes, Orientals and Mexicans, with | Mexicans and Orientals older on the average than white farm laborers. | Education of Group. Between 2 and 15 per cent of the Northern farm laborers had not gone bevond the fourth grade in school, while 37 per cent of the white la- borers in one Southern county and 95 per cent of Mexicans in another county were in this class. About one-fourth of the Northern | workers had completed at least a year in high school. Male Negro cotton pickers in Louisi- ana averaged $178 a season. White male pickers in a Tennessee county | earned, $125. White farm laborers in Pennsylvania averaged $347 a year. The average amount available for each member of the family was less than $100 a person in the South and about $125 in the North. The highest amount per person was $238 a year for the sheep hands in Montana. The investigators visited these coun- ties: Placer, Calif.; Archuleta, Colo. Livingston, 1Il.; Hamilton, Iowa; Pawnee, Kans.; Todd, Ky.; Concordia Parish, La.; La Que Parle, Minn.: her name and title “Miss Lee-Jack- eon.” Wayne, Pa.; Fentress, Tenn, and Karnes, Tex. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, At Mission Banquet' er, left; Mrs. John S. Bennett, supenntendent of the Central Umon Mission, and E. H. De Groot. jr., president of the mission’s board of directors, at the 53d an- niversary dinner of the organization. —Star Staff Photo. ' THE WEATHER l District of Columbia—Partly cloudy, slightly colder today; tomorrow fair, slowly - rising temperature; moderate west and northwest winds, fresh in afternoon. Maryland and Virginia — Partly cloudy, slightly colder in central and east portions today, tomorrow fair, slowly rising temperature. West Virginia—Partly cloudy toda tomorrow fair, slowly rising tempera- ture, River Report. Potomac and Shenandoah very muddy at Harpers Ferry late yesterday. Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Midnight m, am. Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Highest, 60. 1 a.m. yesterday. agg. A4 Low t. 44, Year 10 pm. yesterday. Year g0, 5! Record Temperatures This Year. Highest. 97, on August 20 Lowest, 19, on February . Tide Tables. | High ___ | Low | High Low Tomorrow. 4 1 0 Sun, today Sun. tomorrow Moon. today Automobile lights must be turned oi half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital " (current month to date Month Janu: Pebrua | March | April May June 5 July August September tober November December Weather in Various Cities. ~Temperature— Max. Min. & Sat- Fri urday.night. nm, 44 ] Asheville. N. C. Atlanta. -Ga Atlantic City. N. J. Baitimore. Md Birmingham_ Ala. 48 Bismarck. N. Dak. A% Boston. Mass L] Buffalo. N. Y. 3% Chicago. Til 10 Cincinnati. _Ohio__ 46 Cheyvenne,” Wyo Cleveland. Ohio Dallas. Tex. Davenport Denver. Colo, Des Moines, Towa Deiroit, Mich Duluth, Minn, __ El Paso, Tex. ___ Galveston Tex. Helena, Mont. Huron.'S. Dak. Indianepolis, Ind. Jacksonville. Fla Kansas_City. Mo Little Rock. Ark. ~ 3 Los Angeles. Calif. Louisville. Ky. Marauette, Mich. 70 40 Towa New Crieans. La: New York. N. Y North Pisite. Nebr. 5 Omal e Philadeiphia. Pa. Phoenix. Ariz. Pitisburgh. Pa. Portland, Me. Salt Lake City St. Louis, Mo. San” Antonio. TeX. San Diego. Calif. gan Francisco Santa Fe. N. Mex. Savannah. Gn 5 Seattle. Was Springfield Tampa. Fia Vicksburg D. Droughts Reduce Crup Droughts in Argentina have reduced its 1936-7 cotton crop to 32,000 tons. Popularity Is on Parade The Columbia Heights Business Men’s Association will choose a Christmas queen soon, the popular girls here being early candidates. In the front row, left to right: Irene King, Dorothv Bowen, Doris Pettit, Zoe McCombs and Nancy Lang,; back row, Shlrley Jane Peck, Eleanor Beckert, Murgaret Lowfl/, Gere D. sale‘nd Ellen Lauck. —Star Staff Photo. GOVERNORSHIP HELD DESIRE OF FARLEY Corporation Counsel Windels Says He Will Seek Control of Con- stitutional Convention. By the Associated Press. NEWBURG, N. Y., October 23.— Corporation Counsel Paul Windels of New York City told a Republican audi- ence tonight that Postmaster General James A. Farley would seek control of the State constitutional conven- tion next April as a stepping stone to the goverhorship of New York State. In an address prepared for delivery before the Executive Committee of the Btate Association of Young Republican Clubs, he alleged that Farley had selected and dictated the nomination of the Democratic candidates at large for the convention. “Postmaster General Farley has as- sumed personal command,” Windels said. “He hopes to control the con- vention and to rewrite the constitu- tion as the next step to his ambition D. C., OCTOBER 24, 1937—PART ONE. to be Governor. with the treat of a ‘Farley for Gov- ernor’ State constitutional conven- ‘lon, just as we now have a ‘Farley for Governor’ Democratic mayoralty ticket running in New York City.” A lieutenant of Mayor F. H. 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